Last week the new Werkstatt+Betrieb was published. In the worth reading editorial of the current May issue Claudia Jäkel writes about Alexander Gerst, the German geophysicist who will fly to the ISS tomorrow, 28.5.2014. You can follow his mission on his Twitter channel. Among other things, Gerst will carry out experiments with a crucible-free melting furnace for alloys.
 

The interview conducted by W+B with my colleague Thomas Bader also deals with sophisticated materials, such as those used in the aerospace industry, for example, in the manufacture of turbine blades. Here is a short excerpt:
 

Werkstatt+Betrieb: To what do you attribute the growing interest in grinding technology?

Thomas Bader: Today, grinding is increasingly becoming the machining of choice. There are three main reasons for this: Firstly, harder and tougher materials are gaining ground, which can hardly be machined other than by grinding. We are observing this development above all in the aviation industry, for example in turbine components. The second trend is that the requirements for certain products are increasing, especially with regard to accuracy and surface quality. Here, too, grinding processes can achieve results that are hardly possible with milling or turning. Thirdly, we find that many users of grinding machines want to change their production strategy and completely machine their products on one machine in as few clamping operations as possible. For this they need suitable universal grinding machines.

I look forward to your comments and suggestions.

Grinding with attitude!

Dirk Wember